A federal appellate court has ruled that prison inmates who practice witchcraft can sue the state that incarcerates them for discrimination because it doesn’t hire a chaplain for them but does for more mainstream religions. It’s one of those only in California stories, but it’s going through the federal court…

In a much-needed victory for voter identification laws, a famously liberal federal appellate court has upheld a state measure requiring citizens to show a photo ID before casting a ballot in an election. The voter ID issue is getting hotter and hotter as the presidential election approaches. More than two…